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Focussed funding in an international agency: systems science, chaos and advanced educational technology
Author(s) -
Sinclair Craig
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.1990.tb00688.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , funding agency , work (physics) , chaos (operating system) , science policy , international agency , public administration , political science , public relations , sociology , computer science , social science , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer security , cancer
The present is a companion paper to one dealing with the more general evolution of one particular funding programme for international R&D against a background of calls for the economic utility of such work. In the other paper the general unsolicited applications are shown, in general, to follow scientific demand and, as a case study, the response of the programme in one highly topical case is described. The present paper supplements these descriptions and observations with an examination of the directed research funding of the same organisation in special commissioned ‘sunset’ programmes, and offers some indications for policy formation as well as insights for applicants for funding.